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[syn: gleefully, joyously, joyfully]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Joyful \Joy"ful\, a.
Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful
heart. "Joyful tidings." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
My soul shall be joyful in my God. --Is. lxi. 10.
[1913 Webster]
Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. --Pope.
-- Joy"ful*ly, adv. -- Joy"ful*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
joyfully
adv 1: in a joyous and gleeful manner; "the old man had greeted
her gleefully" [syn: gleefully, joyously, joyfully]
[ant: joylessly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "joyfully":
airily, blessedly, blissfully, blithely, cheerfully, cheerily,
delightedly, ecstatically, elatedly, exultantly, genially, gladly,
happily, hopefully, irrepressibly, jauntily, jubilantly, lightly,
optimistically, pleasantly, rapturously, rhapsodically, smilingly,
with good cheer, with pleasure